Dissociation Processes in Electronically Excited Molecules. Linear Chain Model

Abstract

Dissociation mechanisms in a chain of coupled molecules have been considered. The attempt has been made to look at general features of the influence of electronic coupling on such processes. Actual calculations have only been made for the special case of a chain of H2+ ions. The weak-coupling and strong-coupling cases have been discussed explicitly, and various criteria for applicability of the special cases have been presented in terms of the physical constants of the system.